Llanos, Mariana
Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America
1. Introduction: Presidentialism and Presidential Breakdowns in Latin America
Mariana Llanos, Leiv Marsteintredet
I. Comparative Perspectives
2. Presidentialism and Early Exits: The Role of Congress
Ana María Mustapic
3. Presidential and Democratic Breakdowns in Latin America: Similar Causes, Different Outcomes
Michael E. Álvarez, Leiv Marsteintredet
II. Cases of Repeated Breakdown
4. Presidential Breakdowns in Argentina
Mariana Llanos
5. Parliamentary Solutions to Presidential Crises in Ecuador
Andrés Mejía Acosta, John Polga-Hecimovich
6. Civil Society, Social Protest, and Presidential Breakdowns in Bolivia
Miguel A. Buitrago
III. The Cases of Impeachment
7. The Collor Impeachment and Presidential Government in Brazil
Argelina Cheibub Figueiredo
8. The Impeachment of Carlos Andrés Pérez and the Collapse of Venezuelan Partyarchy
Rickard Lalander
9. Paraguay: The President in his General’s Labyrinth
Detlef Nolte
IV. Presidential Breakdowns Restoring Democratic Order
10. Guarding Privileges and Saving the Day: Guatemalan Elites and the Settlement of the Serranazo
Maren Christensen Bjune, Stina Petersen
11. The Dominican Republic and the Fall of Balaguer 1994–1996: Presidential Breakdown or Democratic Transition?
Leiv Marsteintredet
12. Peru and the Fujimori Presidential Breakdown in 2000: Continuismo Gone Bad
Einar Berntzen, Tor-Einar Holvik Skinlo
13. Conclusions: Presidential Breakdowns Revisited
Mariana Llanos, Leiv Marsteintredet
14. Epilogue
Mariana Llanos, Leiv Marsteintredet
Keywords: Cultural and Media Studies, Latin American Culture, Latin American Politics, Ethnicity Studies, Democracy, Area Studies, International Relations
- Editor
- Llanos, Mariana
- Marsteintredet, Leiv
- Publisher
- Springer
- Publication year
- 2010
- Language
- en
- Edition
- 1
- Page amount
- 283 pages
- Category
- Art, Art History
- Format
- Ebook
- eISBN (PDF)
- 9780230105812
- Printed ISBN
- 978-1-349-38087-9